About block 901,666
Bitcoin block 901,666 was mined by AntPool on June 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM UTC, 18 min 8 s after block 901,665. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,800 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0624 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1874 BTC for this block.
Block 901,666 is number 515 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 447; 1,501 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 903,167. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 148,334 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 74,053 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.